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ANZ appoints head of M&A

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2015
ANZ has appointed a global head of corporate advisory to provide mergers and acquisitions services to international and institutional clients in Australia and Asia. Martin Hanrahan has been appointed to the role and will oversee ANZ's corporate advisory ...

A Greek offer that cannot be refused

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2015
There's a certain sense of insouciance in the financial markets despite the expected unexpected happened - Greece defaulted on its 30 June deadline to repay the a,-1.5 billion it owes the IMF - and depending on what happens on the 5th of this month ...

Insync with beer

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015
Insync Funds Management chief investment officer Monik Kotecha is joining the list of people saying it makes sense for Australian's to invest in highly profitable alcohol-related companies. Within the last six months Insync bought back in to AB InBev ...

TASA breach costs business $900,000

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2015
A tax and accounting business has been fined a record $900,000 penalty for breaches of the Tax Agent Services Act 2009 (TASA) that all financial advisers need to comply with. The Federal Court of Australia ruled against Peter Kolya and his Canberra-based ...

Universities at fossil fuel divestment frontlines

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2015
The University of Oxford has announced it will cease any future investments in coal and tar sands. Although the university said it will not divest from all fossil fuels, it's the latest in a group of academic institutions - including New Zealand's Victoria ...

CCMC chief executive appointed as lead ombudsman

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
... will be dealing with disputes involving investments, financial advice, life insurance and superannuation. In a statement the FOS said Smith brings a wealth of experience in the financial planning sector as well as developed relationships with regulators ...

Dear mom, all's good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2015
Happy Mother's Day! Mothers everywhere must still be bathing in the afterglow of the public (and private) displays of affection showered upon them over the one day of the year especially dedicated to mommies. Mama Mia! The sharp rebound in financial ...

Stone and Chalk names chief executive

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2015
New Sydney-based fintech hub, Stone and Chalk, has promised early stage investors and organisations access to some of the city's best entrepreneurs on top of its recent chief executive announcement. Heading Stone and Chalk will be Australian-born Alex ...

FOS decries unpaid compensation

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2015
... blueprint for the sector over the next decade. "As previously raised in our submissions to the Inquiry, one of the key issues that FOS considers should be addressed is the clear gap in the consumer protection framework and the problem of unpaid compensation. ...

Go south young (China) man

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015
There was fear and a lot of uncertainty - perhaps even the biblical gnashing of teeth - back then, back during the late years leading to the expiry of the United Kingdom's 99-lease on Hong Kong from China on 1 July 1997. In Wikipedia's words, "Many ...